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A9: Health and Wellbeing Flashcards

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What changes to approach healthcare have been made?

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Improved multi-agency working to support
Policy changes on focus on the promotion of health and wellbeing

NHS Long term plan - blueprint for future NHS. Prevention of illness

Change in approach from treating illness to promoting wellbeing.

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How can we support a person’s health, comfort and wellbeing?

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  • Collborative approaches across the healthcare sector.
  • Encouraging active involvement of individuals to self-manage their health and wellbeing.
  • Encouraging individuals to make decisions about the care, support and treatment they receive.
  • Adopting a person-centered approach to support PIES.
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What is acute pain?

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Pain that comes on suddenly but usually disappears and it has a specific cause.

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What is chronic pain?

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Ongoing pain which can last for months even after the cause of the pain has gone.

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What are some physical signs of pain?

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Physical tics
Skin condition e.g pale skin can indicate that there is not enough red blood cells.
Repeatedly touching or guarding part of the body
Moving slowly

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What are some verbal signs of pain?

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Self-report
Crying out
Groans/grunts

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What are some non-verbal signs of pain?

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Facial expressions e.g. those who have a cognitive impairment

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What are some behavioral signs of pain?

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  • Altered energy levels
  • Altered character e.g. more anxious and agitated
  • Changes in usual eating and sleeping pattern
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What actions can professionals take to ensure that we work in a person-centered way and ensure good nutrition and hydration?

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  • Ensuring effective nutrition and hydration by providing food and drink that meets individual needs.
  • Ensuring food and drink provided does not have contraindications with any medicine that the individual is taking.
  • Supporting individuals who might experience difficulties with eating or drinking.
  • Providing equipment to support individuals in eating and drinking independently such as 2 handled mugs, cups with lids.
  • Ensuring individuals are provided with sufficient time to eat and drink.
  • Close monitoring of nutrition and fluid intake
  • Working in partnership with carers or family members to ensure effective nutrition and hydration of the individual
  • Working in partnership with other healthcare professionals to ensure effective nutrition and hydration.
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What is the purpose of the prevention agenda?

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Aim is that life expectancy would be increased by at least five years by 2035

Aims to try and keep people healthy to prevent problems throughout individuals lives from birth to death

If a problem occurs, individuals should be supported and helped to manage it.

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Give some of the preventative approaches.

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Help people to stay healthy and independent for as long as possible.

Stopping problems from arising in the first place

Provide people with knowledge and skills to make lifestyle choices that help them to stay healthy.

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What ways can we use health promotion to support the prevention agenda?

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Social and environmental interventions to empower individuals to improve their health

Opportunistic delivery of health promotion activities e.g. promoting physical activities.

Campaigns by specific groups and charities.

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What is Making Every Contact Count?

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MECC is an evidence-based approach to improve people’s health and wellbeing by changing their behaviour.

MECC approach encourages healthcare workers to talk to people improve their health by addressing lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise and alcohol consumption.

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Give a range of methods of taking a holistic approach to healthcare.

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Treating the person not just the condition

Bespoke treatment plans that meet the personal choices and needs - this should be made using personal aims and goals and objectivities established by the person

Understanding the individual’s lifestyle

Understanding the individual’s mental health needs

Integrated working

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Why may we sign post individuals?

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To determine the most appropriate service for the individual to meet their needs.

Provides alternative options

Provides support with AODL

Provides a safe and secure environment for the individual.

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How can signposting support an individual’s health and wellbeing?

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It provides awareness on a wider range of services available to support physical, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing.

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Give some examples of ageing on physical health.

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Wrinkles
Dryer hair
Hearing, smell and taste
Glaucoma
Decay and gum disease.

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How can ageing impact cognitive health?

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By memory e.g. being forgetfulness and decreased blood flow to the brain can cause impaired memory.

Attention: difficulty multi-tasking

Reasoning and problem solving

Information processing

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How can ageing impact on emotional wellbeing?

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Transitions and life events e.g. retirement, ill health and bereavement.

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Within life stages, what are some aspects of care required?

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Infancy 0-2 years: ensuring that immunizations take place

Early childhood 3-8 years: Children may be assessed as SEND and may need an EHC plan

Adolescence 9-18 years: Sexual health services or receiving mental health support.

Early adulthood 19-45 years: pregnancy and maternity.

Middle adulthood 46-65 years: Healthcare screening for breast cancer and bowel screenings.

Later adulthood 65+ years: Frailty.

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How can we support young people?

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Promotion of self-awareness and self-care

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How can we support healthy adults?

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Promoting high self-esteem helps individuals relate more easily to the people they meet

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How can we support adults who have health or wellbeing concerns?

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Negative stereotyping occurs which in some cases is classed as discrimination.

Promoting of AODL

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How can we support adults 65+?

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Adults over the age of 40 can have an NHS health check as it is a preventative measure

This helps support people by attending regular check-ups.

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How can we support end of life patients?

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Complete an end-of-life care plan that sets out preferences, wishes, beliefs, and values regarding future care.

Can empower the individual to know that their wishes will be respected.

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When supporting individuals, what is it important professionals do across all life stages?

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Important to support across all life stages
Supports people holistically with person-centered values.

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